Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-31
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE WHOLE MURDER OUT.
Unger Confesses The Trunk
Tragedy,
GLADSTONE HAS NO PLANS
Owing To The Failure Of
Churchill.
BLOODY RIOTS AT BELFAST.
A Quiet Sunday At st.
Stephens.
BLOODY RIOTS AT BELFAST.
FACE roF1CE WITH THE TRUNK.

FACE TO F lCE WITH THE TRUNK.
Uneer Quakes With Terror and Con
fesses the Murder of Bohle-AThrill-
Sing Recital of she CHASTITY Tragedy.
NEW York, Jan. 30.-Edward Unger, who
is charged with the murder of August Bohle
at No % Ridge street and afterwards shipped
the mangled remains in a trunk to Baltimore,
made full confession of the horrible TRACE
dy last night to Inspector Byrnes. After re-
turning from the Tombs court yesterday
Unger appeared very nervous and when near
the Central Office he turned to Inspector
Byrnes and said: ''You trying to hang
me. aren't vou?" s'You know whether you
have committed any crime or not" the in
spector replied. On reaching headquarters
the prisoner was taken to his cell and locked
up. At six O'Clock last evening Unger was
taken out of his cell and shown the trunk IN
which the remains of his victim had been
packed. The accused man shuddered at the
sight of the trunk and turned away. The
saw. hammer and knife were then shown
him. The sight of the weapons with which
the crime had been committed was too much
for the wretch and he almost fell to the floor
with terror. The prisoner was then led back
to his cell, but before being locked up In
spector Byrnes told linn that when he was
ready to tell the truth to let him know. At
nj Ne O'Clock Unger called the turnkey and
requested an interview with the inspector.
The prisoner was brought from his cell and
taken to the inspectors private office where
he said he was ready to tell the whole truth.
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Byrnes and several witnesses, made the fol-
lowing statement:
at live at No. % Ridge street. have
known August Bohle since November, 1885.
1 first met him in my lager beer saloon in
an advertisement 1 had put in a paper for
partner. We could not agree about
the price and 1 sold the place out and soon
after Bohle came to live with me on Ridge
street. The agreement was that he should
paw half the rent and one-third the house
hold expenses. After supper on the night
of Thursday, January 20, Bohle and myself
were alone talking about different matters.
About $50 he was sitting on the sofa and L
was in the act of poking the fire. He was
very profane and called me hard names. I
told him to stop and put up my hand to
turn his head away. He struck at me. J
sprang at him and attempted to strike him
picked up knife and attempted to stab me.
/ ran into the bedroom and picked up ham,
mer from chest. He made another attempt
at me with the knife and I received a cut on
the hand 1 then struck him with the ham
mer and he staggered. l struck him again
and the head of the hammer entered nus
skull up to the handle and he fell dead
on on the sofa. This was about } O'Clock.
1 expected my son home and in order to con-
ceal the remains of the dead man 1 took the
BODY from the sofa and laid it on the floor.
| then took the cot upon which Bohle used
to sleep and placed it over the body and COW
cred it up with the bed clothes. When my
son came home 1 told him that Bohle had
gone out. Shortly after We went to bed in
the room with the body. On the following
morning after my son had gone to work l
went to Grand street, bought saw for nine
tv cents and two yards of rubber. Before
returning to the house I took several drinks
of whiskey On reaching home spread the
rubber on the floor and put the body on it. I
then started to cut the body up with the saw.
I FIRST severed the head from the body, wrap
ped it up in paper and laid it aside l then
cut both legs off and I think the left arm
and finding the legs too long to put in
the trunk I cut the feet off and placed
them in the trunk. I placed
the body on top of the legs and the arms on
top of the body. wiped up the blood with
some clothing of Bohle and some paper, put
them in the trunk and tied the trunk up. l
left the house and went to the Grand street
ferry, carrying the head with me. l boarded
williamsburg boat and when in midstream
1 threw the head into the river. I then went
to the residence of Henry Siegel, 205 Throop
street, Brooklyn, but on finding that he was
not we'll 1 told his wife that Bohle had gone
to Chicago. I returned home and on the fol-
lowing day 1 shipped the trunk to Henry
Bense, 395 Kent avenue, Brooklyn. On the
same day I transferred the trunk by West
colts express to this city, having pasted the
following address upon it:
''JoHN A. WILSON, BALTIMORE, ND.
To be called for.
"Ths trunk was brought to this city and
transported by Adams Express to Baltimore.
1 did not mean to kill Bohle. He was
uuarrelsome man and believed my life in
danger when he struck me. I took the
method did to dispose of the body because
I wanted to save myself and family from
disgrace"
Unger identified the trunk and bloody
clothing from Baltimore. The inquest will
he held Tuesday.